man speaks the truth. at any given time there might be 1 song worth listening to on the radio/tv. Until the fans are willing to support artists that actually bring skill and originality to the table this will never change. I know I'm late but I just bought Gang Starr's Moment of Truth and it easily kills anything on the radio today. [look]

I agree with Mic too. Hip Hop isn't the same as back then. I know it must evolve, but I feel as if it's evolving in the wrong direction. But when you think about it, what can be done to make hip hop better?

Rap is only getting better. Just look at the RSE Crew, Def jux, qn5, FUCKING DOOM. you cant check out a fucking 50 cent cd then say rap is garbage. Why not look at the good stuff. Scaramanga is releasing 3 albums this year. Rakim is supposed to release one. Most qn5 artists are releasing their debuts. Doom is doing shit with dangermouse and ghostface. i agree there is emerging a marketable sub-genre of hip hop, "Bubblegum rap" but that doesnt sum up the whole culture.

you think pac would have allowd all these wannabes to tottally bastardise wat he stood for, half the artist in rap today were influenced by pac and if they tried to come up with that same mojo that pac perfected that underdog i dont give a fuck persona, pac would have destroyed them, 50, eminem, jay-z, nas these rappers wouldnt even have half the start power and popularity they have if pac was alive, noone had more credibilty or charisma as pac had, he was the realist nugga out cuz he spoke from the heart, he rarely rapped about killing people unless it had some sort of message init, like when he wrote WHEN THUGS CRY, WONDER WHY THEY CALL YOU BITCH, LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT, WHITE MANS WORLD, too many in the rappers today want to be the next 2pac and stuff, the only mainstream artist that remained true was jay-z but even he was on pacs balls, nelly i dont even consider rap, and southern music is good for club tunes but has absolutely no substance and meaninful to say, theres going to never be any classics to come out of the south other than scarface,

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w0rd?big and pac invented rap?damn, how it dead i hear rap shit i hear everyday!

Rap is only getting better. Just look at the RSE Crew, Def jux, qn5, FUCKING DOOM. you cant check out a fucking 50 cent cd then say rap is garbage. Why not look at the good stuff. Scaramanga is releasing 3 albums this year. Rakim is supposed to release one. Most qn5 artists are releasing their debuts. Doom is doing shit with dangermouse and ghostface. i agree there is emerging a marketable sub-genre of hip hop, "Bubblegum rap" but that doesnt sum up the whole culture.

Of course as I said earlier im not one that thinks totally rap is garbage but you know it does make a person pissed when quality is just over ran by nonsense.

See you know about dead prez, you know about mf doom , you know about mos def and on and on and on.

These people really stand for quality rap they stand for hiphop wholly not to say oh if someone spits about the streets they dont not at all but what im saying is the ones making the money are the ones that are perveting the art, rubbing the music's face in the ground, and merely capitalizing off rap and the ghetto all in one.

To act like its ok for 50 cent to do what he "does" is just disrespecting the other guy who do "rap" or "hiphop". 50 cent does not put out any form of rap. What he does is go into a studio listen to a beat think of a hook that people will like and record any lyrics he wants.

I dont want to make it look like im just anti 50 cent but being hes the top billed artist now its like I got to point to him as your prime example.

See because of my respect for those who try their hardest not to change their music to be more "marketable" I get pissed at those who take the easy way out and go for the hook and the catchy beat. Or the gimmick backed with the jail record.

Cause heres the facts. Allowing them to dominate and saying well they rap too its just not as good but it sells more that simply means the major message rap sends comes from the senseless stuff called rap and meanwhile the meaningful stuff flies below the radar.

Think about Talib Kweli and Common, before Jay-z spits the line referring to them think about their fan base. After he says the line these two talented artist , all of a sudden got more respect because someone in the mainstream just put millions of people on to him.

Im not trying to say rap is gone and all of a sudden all rappers are just gone by the wayside im just putting it out there a little louder that the state of rap is not looking good and others should recognize this instead of accepting it.

i will say that the petty beefs between overrated artists are overrated...
wow!!! Cassidy disses Lloyd Banks!!!! hot shit!!!!(lol)
i wouldnt know who disses who anymore...

todays rappers alot are far from ever becoming the "king"

dog it mightve been real before they sold so many records and moved into thier 10.5 million dollar estates
most of them dont associate with the hood anymore..
if they do its probaly just a publicity stunt...

dead prez i seen get alot of negativity cuz people confuse racism with fighting for true equality...
honestly its coming from a white guy,
theirs a difference between mindless racism and pointin out the harsh facts of where we live and attemptin to find a solution...
its kind of senseless to look to hold your tongue when your really lookin to get your message across...
but whatever they want to think,
i know how i feel...

Rap is only getting better. Just look at the RSE Crew, Def jux, qn5, FUCKING DOOM. you cant check out a fucking 50 cent cd then say rap is garbage. Why not look at the good stuff. Scaramanga is releasing 3 albums this year. Rakim is supposed to release one. Most qn5 artists are releasing their debuts. Doom is doing shit with dangermouse and ghostface. i agree there is emerging a marketable sub-genre of hip hop, "Bubblegum rap" but that doesnt sum up the whole culture.

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Seriously even the "non bubble gum rap" and "UNDERGROUND" is becoming blah
it's like they have become monotonous just with

"FUCK INDUSTRY CATS"
"I DONT CALL GIRLS A BITCH"

Just becaue someone do the exact opposite of what a commercial cat doing.. doesnt exactly make it "good music" neither...